{"id":25523,"date":"2025-05-13T22:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sinaloa-cartel-father-son-drug-kingpins-charged-by-justice-department-for-allegedly-running-one-of-the-worlds-largest-fentanyl-networks\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T22:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:12:16","slug":"sinaloa-cartel-father-son-drug-kingpins-charged-by-justice-department-for-allegedly-running-one-of-the-worlds-largest-fentanyl-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sinaloa-cartel-father-son-drug-kingpins-charged-by-justice-department-for-allegedly-running-one-of-the-worlds-largest-fentanyl-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department for allegedly running one of the world&#8217;s largest fentanyl networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A father-son duo and other Sinaloa cartel leaders were charged Tuesday with allegedly trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/sinaloa-cartel-leaders-charged-narco-terrorism-material-support-terrorism-and-drug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel ran one of the largest and most sophisticated fentanyl production networks, federal prosecutors said. The Department of Justice said the duo were leaders of the Beltran Leyva Organization \u2014 a powerful and violent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Five other leaders were also charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>The pair trafficked tens of thousands of kilograms of fentanyl into the United States, the U.S. government alleges, and more than 1.65 tons of fentanyl was seized from their holdings by the Mexican government\u2013 the largest seizure of fentanyl in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Sinaloa Cartel is a complex, dangerous terrorist organization and dismantling them demands a novel, powerful legal response,&#8221; said Attorney General Pam Bondi said in the statement. &#8220;Their days of brutalizing the American people without consequence are over \u2014 we will seek life in prison for these terrorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has designated eight Latin American drug trafficking organizations as terrorist organizations, including Mexico&#8217;s two main drug trafficking organizations, the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-cartel-leader-arrested-california-faked-own-death-justice-department\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jalisco New Generation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-ismael-zambada-plea-talks-us\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa\u00a0<\/a><\/span>cartels.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed an executive order<\/a>\u00a0on his first day back in the White House saying that the cartels &#8220;constitute a national-security threat beyond that posed by traditional organized crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the months since, the Department of Justice has charged several alleged cartel leaders, including\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-charges-familia-michoacana-cartel-leaders-mexico-8-million-reward\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">two brothers<\/a><\/span>, accused of being leaders of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-sanctions-la-nueva-familia-michoacana-cartel-leaders-alleged-assassin-the-doctor\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">La Nueva Familia Michoacana<\/a><\/span>. Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga and Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga are accused of participating in a conspiracy to manufacture cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl and importing and distributing the drugs in the United States, authorities said during a news conference in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen people were also <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fentany-bust-arrests-justice-department-pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested earlier<\/a><\/span>\u00a0this month and 3 million pills laced with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fentanyl<\/a>\u00a0were seized in what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/largest-fentanyl-bust-dea-history-authorities-seize-over-400-kilograms-fentanyl-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">federal prosecutors said<\/a>\u00a0was the &#8220;largest fentanyl bust in DEA history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also urged the Trump administration officials to use the designation of Latin American cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations to take action to curtail the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/democrats-trump-administration-gun-trafficking-us-mexico-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">flow of American-made guns<\/a><\/span> across the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/cara-tabachnick\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cara  Tabachnick<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. 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